Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 6:27 PM EST for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1998, 6:27 PM EST (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emanuel County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:30 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Swainsboro, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KATL 032329 RRA TORATL GAC107-032345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 627 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY AT 626 PM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A TORNADO LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF SWAINSBORO. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-8535.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 9:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 9:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Apr 3, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.